David W. Houseknecht
David Houseknecht is a Senior Research Geologist (Scientist Emeritus) for the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.
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Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Chukchi Borderland Province, 2008 Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Chukchi Borderland Province, 2008
The Chukchi Borderland is both a stand-alone petroleum province and assessment unit (AU) that lies north of the Chukchi Sea. It is a bathymetrically high-standing block of continental crust that was probably rifted from the Canadian continental margin. The sum of our knowledge of this province is based upon geophysical data (seismic, gravity, and magnetic) and a limited number of...
Authors
Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht
Significance of northeast-trending features in Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean Significance of northeast-trending features in Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean
Synthesis of seismic velocity, potential field, and geological data from Canada Basin and its surrounding continental margins suggests that a northeast-trending structural fabric has influenced the origin, evolution, and current tectonics of the basin. This structural fabric has a crustal origin, based on the persistence of these trends in upward continuation of total magnetic intensity...
Authors
Deborah Hutchinson, H.R. Jackson, David W. Houseknecht, Q. Li, J.W. Shimeld, D.C. Mosher, D. Chian, Richard Saltus, G.N. Oakey
Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Hope Basin Province, 2008 Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Hope Basin Province, 2008
The Hope Basin, an independent petroleum province that lies mostly offshore in the southern Chukchi Sea north of the Chukotka and Seward Peninsulas and south of Wrangel Island, the Herald Arch, and the Lisburne Peninsula, is the largest in a series of postorogenic (successor) basins in the East Siberian-Chukchi Sea region and the only one with exploratory-well control and extensive...
Authors
Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht, Janet K. Pitman
Cretaceous–Cenozoic burial and exhumation history of the Chukchi shelf, offshore Arctic Alaska Cretaceous–Cenozoic burial and exhumation history of the Chukchi shelf, offshore Arctic Alaska
Apatite fission track (AFT) and vitrinite reflectance data from five exploration wells and three seafloor cores illuminate the thermal history of the underexplored United States Chukchi shelf. On the northeastern shelf, Triassic strata in the Chevron 1 Diamond well record apatite annealing followed by cooling, possibly during the Triassic to Middle Jurassic, which is a thermal history...
Authors
William H. Craddock, David W. Houseknecht
Shale-gas assessment: Comparison of gas-in-place versus performance-based approaches Shale-gas assessment: Comparison of gas-in-place versus performance-based approaches
The recent interest in exploration for shale gas increases the demand for a reliable, compatible resource assessment. Many different assessment methods are used, commonly depending on types and quantity of data available, which may lead to significantly divergent results for the same shale-gas play. This study compares results obtained using performance-based and gas-in-place...
Authors
H. Stueck, David W. Houseknecht, D. Franke, Donald L. Gautier, A. Bahr, S. Ladage
Upper Cretaceous and Lower Jurassic strata in shallow cores on the Chukchi Shelf, Arctic Alaska Upper Cretaceous and Lower Jurassic strata in shallow cores on the Chukchi Shelf, Arctic Alaska
Shallow cores collected in the 1980s on the Chukchi Shelf of western Arctic Alaska sampled pre-Cenozoic strata whose presence, age, and character are poorly known across the region. Five cores from the Herald Arch foreland contain Cenomanian to Coniacian strata, as documented by biostratigraphy, geochronology, and thermochronology. Shallow seismic reflection data collected during the...
Authors
David W. Houseknecht, William H. Craddock, Richard O. Lease
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 99
Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Chukchi Borderland Province, 2008 Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Chukchi Borderland Province, 2008
The Chukchi Borderland is both a stand-alone petroleum province and assessment unit (AU) that lies north of the Chukchi Sea. It is a bathymetrically high-standing block of continental crust that was probably rifted from the Canadian continental margin. The sum of our knowledge of this province is based upon geophysical data (seismic, gravity, and magnetic) and a limited number of...
Authors
Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht
Significance of northeast-trending features in Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean Significance of northeast-trending features in Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean
Synthesis of seismic velocity, potential field, and geological data from Canada Basin and its surrounding continental margins suggests that a northeast-trending structural fabric has influenced the origin, evolution, and current tectonics of the basin. This structural fabric has a crustal origin, based on the persistence of these trends in upward continuation of total magnetic intensity...
Authors
Deborah Hutchinson, H.R. Jackson, David W. Houseknecht, Q. Li, J.W. Shimeld, D.C. Mosher, D. Chian, Richard Saltus, G.N. Oakey
Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Hope Basin Province, 2008 Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Hope Basin Province, 2008
The Hope Basin, an independent petroleum province that lies mostly offshore in the southern Chukchi Sea north of the Chukotka and Seward Peninsulas and south of Wrangel Island, the Herald Arch, and the Lisburne Peninsula, is the largest in a series of postorogenic (successor) basins in the East Siberian-Chukchi Sea region and the only one with exploratory-well control and extensive...
Authors
Kenneth J. Bird, David W. Houseknecht, Janet K. Pitman
Cretaceous–Cenozoic burial and exhumation history of the Chukchi shelf, offshore Arctic Alaska Cretaceous–Cenozoic burial and exhumation history of the Chukchi shelf, offshore Arctic Alaska
Apatite fission track (AFT) and vitrinite reflectance data from five exploration wells and three seafloor cores illuminate the thermal history of the underexplored United States Chukchi shelf. On the northeastern shelf, Triassic strata in the Chevron 1 Diamond well record apatite annealing followed by cooling, possibly during the Triassic to Middle Jurassic, which is a thermal history...
Authors
William H. Craddock, David W. Houseknecht
Shale-gas assessment: Comparison of gas-in-place versus performance-based approaches Shale-gas assessment: Comparison of gas-in-place versus performance-based approaches
The recent interest in exploration for shale gas increases the demand for a reliable, compatible resource assessment. Many different assessment methods are used, commonly depending on types and quantity of data available, which may lead to significantly divergent results for the same shale-gas play. This study compares results obtained using performance-based and gas-in-place...
Authors
H. Stueck, David W. Houseknecht, D. Franke, Donald L. Gautier, A. Bahr, S. Ladage
Upper Cretaceous and Lower Jurassic strata in shallow cores on the Chukchi Shelf, Arctic Alaska Upper Cretaceous and Lower Jurassic strata in shallow cores on the Chukchi Shelf, Arctic Alaska
Shallow cores collected in the 1980s on the Chukchi Shelf of western Arctic Alaska sampled pre-Cenozoic strata whose presence, age, and character are poorly known across the region. Five cores from the Herald Arch foreland contain Cenomanian to Coniacian strata, as documented by biostratigraphy, geochronology, and thermochronology. Shallow seismic reflection data collected during the...
Authors
David W. Houseknecht, William H. Craddock, Richard O. Lease